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ST. LOUIS BOARD OF EDUCATION POLICY

PHILOSOPHY, GOALS AND OBJECTIVES GOALS

Goals for Student Learning

Education is part of a continuous lifelong development of personal, family, social, cultural, economic, technological and occupational competencies.

Instruction in these competencies integrates the needs of individuals, families and society. The curriculum for the St. Louis Public Schools reflects the belief that all components of the public education system will address learner needs and give high priority to the development of basic skills of reading, writing and computation. The goals of that curriculum will reflect the board's philosophy of education.

Following are the goals for student learning.

1. Students will be provided opportunities for achievement and self-actualization.
2. Students will be educated for a rapidly changing and increasingly technological society.
3. Students of the district will be prepared to successfully pursue different post-secondary goals. Toward that end, the curriculum will facilitate the student's transition from secondary school to:

(1) entry level jobs for which students have adequate preparation in specific career areas;

(2) community colleges, trade and/or technical schools for additional preparation in identified vocational areas of interest;

(3) four-year institutions of higher education for extended preparation in various professional areas.

(4) Students will learn to integrate the various subject areas and to transfer understandings to the world outside the classroom.

Policy adopted: February 28, 1989